Cannot compile Pidgin 2.10.12 for Windows (cannot find -lssl3, -lnss3, etc)

[Daniel Atallah]

On Mon, Feb 15, 2016 at 7:29 PM, Andrew Martin <amartin at xes-inc.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am attempting to compile Pidgin 2.10.12 for Windows both on a host
Ubuntu
> 16.04 server as well as on Windows itself using cygwin. I have been
following
> these instructions:
> https://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/BuildingWinPidgin#Themanualway
>
> On both Windows and Ubuntu, I get stuck at this point where -lssl3,
-lnss3, and
> a few others are not found:
> http://pastebin.com/RazgDckR
>
> How can I resolve this error and successfully compile Pidgin?

You likely need to apply the following 2 patches, which unfortunately were
not committed prior to when the 2.10.12 tarball was created:

https://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/raw-rev/30f7c83da15d
https://hg.pidgin.im/pidgin/main/raw-rev/08cd626e63a9

-D
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